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Originally Posted by Bicycle Bob
Could I use a standard or even obsolete wood stove to feed hot flue gas into a condensing heat exchanger...
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You would have produced a wood tar distilling apparatus.
Wood smoke has way too many particulates and gaseous tars to make it a good candidate for condensing. Nat Gas (CH4) is a very good candidate, as it produces CO2 and H2O... both easy to handle.
You are better off pursuing a small fire with forced draft & high oxygen... this is the Rocket Stove approach... also used in pellet stoves.
-AC